Theridiidae
Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.
Tangle-web spiders | |
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Enoplognatha ovata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Family: | Theridiidae |
Species: | T.
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Binomial name | |
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833
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Diversity | |
124 genera, 3028 species | |
Theridiidae Media
Latrodectus mactans, a black widow spider
Theridula angula moving from one tree to another carrying the egg sac